Too much on your plate? A radio phone-in about holiday stress
On a radio phone-in the Monday before Thanksgiving, a family counselor helps a first-time host with fourteen guests, a caller tired of her relatives' personal questions and a listener who can't afford the holidays; students listen for problems and advice, practice advice language and run their own phone-in.
B1Adults45 minPhone call
About this lesson
A B1 listening lesson (phone call). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- B1
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Phone call
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Thanksgiving
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Matching, Grammar explanation box, Gap-fill
- Key words
- host, potluck, counselor, relatives, change the subject, spend a fortune, budget, expectations
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow a radio phone-in for each caller's problem and the advice they get
- Give advice with why don't you, if I were you, it might be worth + -ing, could, ought to and should
- Ask for and give advice about holiday problems in a class phone-in